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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter 16 ("A Winged Steed") through Chapter 18 ("Repairs and Fortifications").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what "moist secret" (284) does Jack bring back to Rockburg?
(a) Clay.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Bullfrogs.
(d) Water lilies.

2. What does the family hear the sailors shouting just before the ship hits the rocks?
(a) Sharks!
(b) Abandon ship!
(c) Land!
(d) Ahoy!

3. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what unanticipated danger do the narrator and his sons face?
(a) A walrus attack.
(b) A current that carries the pinnace far out to sea.
(c) A sudden storm.
(d) A leaking boat.

4. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what does the narrator use tobacco grinders for?
(a) To shred manioc.
(b) To grind tobacco.
(c) To grind corn.
(d) To prepare coconut.

5. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what happens to Jack when he is gathering canes?
(a) He falls in the swamp and gets stuck in the mud.
(b) He and Fangs have to face down a pack of wild jackals.
(c) He finds their old donkey and its new mate.
(d) He gets lost and the family has to search for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Robinson" refer to in the title of the book?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, "Ernest and Me," what tradition does the family observe?

3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what kind of fish arrives in large numbers?

4. When Fritz suggests that they make a basin at the stream, what material does the narrator say they will need?

5. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," which family member thinks of a way to tame their "winged steed" through kindness?

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